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University of Massachusetts Amherst

2015

Interpretation

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Remembrance Of Things Past: Collective Memory, Sensory Perception, And The Emergence Of New Interpretive Paradigms, Neil A. Silberman Apr 2015

Remembrance Of Things Past: Collective Memory, Sensory Perception, And The Emergence Of New Interpretive Paradigms, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

This chapter will examine the historical roots of heritage interpretation from antiquity to its classic modern expression in Freeman Tilden’s Interpreting Our Heritage (1957). It will question the relevance of expert-driven presentation—even with the most politically correct intentions, interactive digital applications, and other mass communications media—in the midst of simultaneous processes of globalization and tribalization that have come to typify the early decades of the 21st century. What new narrative forms are emerging? What new relationships between past and present—between heritage sites and their associated modern communities—will compel a new paradigm of interpretation to emerge? This lecture will examine the …


Light At The End Of The Labyrinth? From Historic Preservation To Heritage Placemaking: New Approaches To The Interpretation Of Historical Authenticity, Neil A. Silberman Mar 2015

Light At The End Of The Labyrinth? From Historic Preservation To Heritage Placemaking: New Approaches To The Interpretation Of Historical Authenticity, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

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